storcere

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *extorcere, ultimately from Latin torquēre. Doublet of estorcere, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔr.t͡ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrtʃere
  • Hyphenation: stòr‧ce‧re

Verb

stòrcere (first-person singular present stòrco, first-person singular past historic stòrsi, past participle stòrto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to twist (a finger, nail, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to sprain, to dislocate (a foot, wrist, etc.)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to distort

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